oprecht, adjective

/ˈɔprext/
Forms:
Also (attributive) oprechte.
Origin:
South African DutchShow more South African Dutch oprecht (predicative), oprechte (attributive) upright, sincere, genuine.
obs.
1. Decent; of upright character.
1899 ‘S. Erasmus’ Prinsloo p.viiThe fair-minded, oprecht man will be bound to confess that if Piet Prinsloo had faults..they were not part of his nature.
1903 D. Blackburn Burgher Quixote 189When you know how to use him, a schelm is as good as an oprecht deacon of the Reformed Kerk.
1908 F.C. Slater Sunburnt South 21I felt comfortable in my own mind that Klaas, who was a steady oprecht young kerel, would make Lena a good husband, and would manage the farm well after my death.
1910 D. Fairbridge That Which Hath Been (1913) 49What will such a gay young spark do in our oprechte and virtuous society?
1912 F. Bancroft Veldt Dwellers 87My son, you are a burgher of our beloved Republic and in her need you will never refuse to handle a roer on her behalf..as every oprecht man must certainly be willing to do.
1915 D. Fairbridge Torch Bearer 43I heard it said that some who should be oprechte Afrikanders are but lukewarm.
1915 D. Fairbridge Torch Bearer 62No disrespect to Mrs. Neethling, who is an oprechte and godly woman.
2. Special collocations oprecht burgher, oprechte burgher, a true or genuine citizen of the Transvaal Republic, in contrast to an uitlander.
1899 ‘S. Erasmus’ Prinsloo 23He rejoiced very much when the independence of the Transvaal was established, and from that day was a good and loyal oprecht burgher of the State.
1903 D. Blackburn Burgher Quixote 1I have decided..to put my full name and district to this truthful story of the struggles after righteousness of a once oprecht Burgher of the late South African Republic.
1911 Blackburn & Caddell Secret Service 239That zealous patriot remained in the service of the Government to the end, and was always bold in his assurances that he was an oprecht burgher and true friend to the State.
1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 65He kept a sort of informal court at his residence in Pretoria..to which all who had complaints or requests, whether oprechte (genuine) burghers or uitlanders (as the new foreign population was termed), resorted.
Decent; of upright character.
Special collocations oprecht burgher, oprechte burgher,a true or genuine citizen of the Transvaal Republic, in contrast to an uitlander.
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